Shridath rampal biography of christopher

Guyanese diplomat (1928–2024)

Sir Shridath Surendranath RamphalGCMG AC ONZ OE OCCNIIVOMKC FRSA (3 October 1928 – 30 August 2024), often known as Sir Sonny Ramphal, was a Guyanese politician who was the second Commonwealth Secretary-General, holding the position from 1975 to 1990.

He was also the foreign minister of Guyana from 1972 to 1975, and assistant attorney general of the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962.

Ramphal was an Earth Charter International Commission member.

Shridath rampal biography of christopher

Biography

Ramphal was born in New Amsterdam, British Guiana, to an Indo-Guyanese family, and was the eldest of the five children of Grace and Jimmy Ramphal.^[2] One of his grandmothers left British India after refusing to commit the sati practice and emigrated to British Guiana under the Indian indenture system.^[3] After attending schools in Georgetown, Ramphal studied law at King's College London, graduating with LL.B.

and LL.M. degre